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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ALPHONSO S. OOMSTOCK, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

TENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,605, dated January13, 1891;

Application filed September 15, 1890. Serial No. 364,939- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALPHONSO S. CoMsTooK, of Evanston, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tents, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which Figurel is aperspectiveview of a tent embodying the features of my improvement as it appearswhen closed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing one flap open.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view thereof, taken upon thelinewoc, Fig. 2. Fig. Lisa front perspective view showing one flap ofthe tent open and additional guy-ropes for supporting the same. Fig. 5is a plan view thereof. Fig. 6 1s a vertical sectional viewin detail ofa portion of the top of the tent and pole, showing the manner ofre-enforcing the same and of adjusting the tent-pole. Fig. 7 is aperspective view showing the front and one side of the tent open. Fig. 8is a like view illustrating both sides as raised to form an awning. Fig.9 is a perspective view showing my improved reversible storm and sunshield applied thereto. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 11is a detail view showing said storm and sun shield as it appearswhendetached.

Like letters of reference in the different figures designatecorresponding parts.

The primary object of myinvention is to provide a simple, cheap, andcompact tent which may be so constructed as to afford the maximum amountof available room in proportion to its size, requiring but one tent-polefor ordinary use, and so placed as not to interfere with the spacewithin the inclosure, and which may be readily adjusted to serve as anawning for the shelter of a comparatively large party without changingthe construction or lessening the supports of the tent Moreoven'I desireto provide an adjustable and reversible screen to be utilized in forminga doorway to said tent to shield the entrance from sun and storm in oneor another direction, and when the tentv is transported may be utilizedas a wrapper within which to fold and tie the latter, all of which andutilized therein.

is hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, a represents my improved tent, whichconsists, preferably, of five pieces of canvas or other suitablematerial cut, respectively, in triangular form and joined together, sothat when set up for use it may inclose an oblong rectangular space,substantially as shown in Fig. 2. The pieces Z) I), cut, respectively,in the form of a rightangle triangle, serve to form the front of thetent. The parts 0 0, cut substantially in the form indicated constitutethe sides, and d d the top and rear, respectively. The pole e is placedat the front of the tent, being the point of convergence of the anglesformed by the front, top, and sides, and serves as a point of bearingfrom which guys ff may be stretched in line with the rear corners of thetent, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2, which guys, when tightened, afterfastening the loops o ,'attached to the lower front corners of thesides, serve to render taut the front corner-seams c and thus firmlybrace the structure, while at the same time the rear end d is raised andthe rear corners made taut, thus aifording a space at the rear of thetent sufficiently high to enable a bed g, Figs. 3 and 7, to be placedLoops (1 may be attached to the sides and rear corners for the purposeof securing the tent to stakes, as shown in conjunction with said loops.

In order to prevent wear and enable the fabric to endure the necessarystrain, the parts should be re-enforced at the point of convergence ofthe sections, a piece of leather j being placed upon the inside and apiece of canvas j upon the outside, Figs. 3 and (5, to serve as abearing for the end of the pole, and the latter to receive the wear ofsupplemental guy-ropes 7071:, which I prefer to employ in connectionwith said tent not only to brace it the more firmly, but for the purposehereinafter stated. The flaps b b may be secured to each other and to astake b as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or to the tent-pole, as shown inFig. 4. The latter means of fastening is employed when the guy-ropes 7.:are used. The employment of the latter enables the front of the tent tobe vertical and the pole e to be in line therewith, as shown in Figs. l

and 5. Otherwise I prefer to slant the front somewhat as shown in Figs.1,2, and 3. Another advantage of the guyropes 7r is that either thefront flaps b I), or these, together with the sides 0 0, one or both,may be loosened and thrown back, as shown in Fig. 7, which is oftendesirable when a mere shade is desired, without interfering with thestability of the tent-support. By attaching ropes b b to the lowercorners of the flaps I) l), attaching them to stakes b b, Fig. 8, andtraining the ropes over poles Z Z, the tent may be converted into anawning and its shading capacity thereby greatly increased, which isoften a great advantage.

The guy-ropes k 7; are of stillfurther utility in connection with myimproved reversible screen at. (Shown in use in Figs. 9 and 10 anddetached in Fig.1].) The main portion of the screen 171 is made in theform of an isosceles triangle to fit over the ropes 7: It, to the stakesof which it is tied by means of cords m m. An auxiliary flap m isadapted to fit the space between one of the guy-ropes k and the front ofthe tent, a cord wfiserving to secure it in the proper place. A loop mpermits it to be attached to the top of the tent over the tent-pole. Byreversing the shield it may be placed upon one or the other side of thetent-entrance, thereby serving as a shield either against storm or sun.When in position, a passageway is formed into the tent, as clearly shownin Fig. 9, which permits the tent-door to be opened without admittingeither storm or sun.

Owing to the novel construction of my improved tent, the maximum ofavailable room may be obtained at a minimum cost, while the variousdesirable changes which may be readily made therein render it of greatvalue.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. An oblong tent having itsapex at the front end, from whence it is supported by means of a singlepole, guy-ropes extending from the pole in line with the rear corners,and a front section arranged in a plane oblique to the axis of the pole,whereby said front may be rendered taut to oppose the tensional strainof said guy-ropes, substantially as shown and described.

2. A tent having its front, sides, and rear- \\"ardly-slanting toparranged to converge to a single point forming the apex of the tent, atwhich point it is supported by means of a single pole located at thefront of said tent, and means for bracing the same, substantially asdescribed.

3. An oblong tent having its apex at the front end, from whence it issupported by means of a single pole, guy-ropes extending from the polein line with the rear corners, and supplemental guy-ropes extendingforward obliquely to the plane of the front of the tent, substantiallyas shown and described.

4. An oblong tent having its apex at the front end, from which it issupported by means of a single pole, guy-ropes extending from the polein line with the rear corners, supplemental guy-ropes extendingforwardly in lines oblique to the plane of the front of the tent, and areversible flap m, adapted to fit over said front guy-ropes and form acontinuation of one of the sides of the tent, thereby serving as astorm-screen to protect the doorway, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. The combination, with a tent having a pole at the front andforwardly-projecting guy-ropes, of the trapezium-shaped flap m,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification,in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses, this 28th day of August, 1890.

ALPHONSO S. COMSTOCK.

Witnesses:

D. H. FLETCHER, J. B. HALPENNY.

